EVA was present last week at the 48th session of the WIPO SCCR (Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights) in Geneva. On this occasion, Susanna Brozzu, EVA’s EU [...]
On the 16th of March, during the last General Assembly held in Brussels and online, EVA’s members had the chance to elect their new board, which is now composed of Marie-Anne Ferry Fall (ADAGP, France), Javier Gutiérrez Vicén (VEGAP, Spain), Marie Gybels (SOFAM, Belgium), Fredrik Lomäng (Bildupphovsrätt, Sweden), Anke Schierholz (VG Bildkunst, Germany), Günter Schönberger (Bildrecht, Austria) and Karlijn Vogel, Pictoright (The Netherlands).
At its latest statutory General Assembly, EVA members approved the application of ZAiKS, the Polish Society of Authors, bringing the total number of its members to 32 and further expanding the association’s geographical diversity.
EVA welcomes the adoption of the JURI Committee report “Copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges” drafted by MEP Axel Voss, with a majority of 17 votes in [...]
Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday 2 December 2025 Today, Public Lending Right International (PLRI) was established as an international association to bring together lending rights stakeholders from across the globe — allowing [...]
EVA welcomes Laetitia Nguala Masamba as the new Secretary General of EVA, after her unanimous appointment by the EVA General Assembly. Laetitia is a visual artist and published children’s book illustrator, [...]
EVA Secretary General Carola Streul leaves EVA EVA warmly celebrates Carola Streul, who in almost three decades of dedicated guidance and commitment to the cause of visual artists in Europe [...]
On 30th July, EVA co-signs the joint statement by a broad coalition of rightsholders active across the EU’s cultural and creative sectors regarding the AI Act implementation measures adopted by the European Commission.
EVA co-signed the open letter “Let the Culture Lead Us Forward”, calling on the European Parliament, the European Commission, and Member States to preserve Creative Europe as a stand-alone programme in the next Multiannual Financial Framework, double its budget and to raise the overall budget for culture to 2% of the MFF.
After the impressive impact of the joint statement of European cultural organizations denouncing the shortcomings of the Code of Practice, the same organizations have gathered a task force and developed [...]
